The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-09-09

The public debt reduction for August WIS
81. 500, 49,. The warrants for pensions durir =
August amounted TO over ZIG, 600, 600. The
total amount available for the reduction Ct
The public debt is $685. $3.50.
Gen. NcXeever, under date Of San Fran
cisco, September i, Informs the war depart
:nent OF the Yecsipt Of q dispatch from Gen.
Mi!es, saying that he bed his leg broken In u
runaway, ami that he wouldbe confined tohis
room for several days.
Gen. Johu c. Block, commissioner of psn-
sions, has been confucl tn his Aosse eve,
since his return from Wars, N. H., SUFFERING
from an attack of rheumatism, and has been
compelled to cancel ali engagements wi.cl,
would necsss.tate his leaving the c..y during
the coming month.
A committee from Detroit, headedbY Mayer
NJ. II. Chsmberlain, waited upon the presl.
dent and iayited him and Mrs. Cleveland to
visit Detroit during his western tour in Octo-
Der. The president int.mated that 1t would
be almost impossible for him to charge the
plans already made.
Notwithstanding the large pension pay.
mcnts this month, amountlng to SIG 500, 900
the receipts for the mouth to date are more
than :7,509,G0 In excess Of tie total expep-
diturcs dufing the same period. Receipts
have averaged over 81, 100000 q day, and now
amount to s33. si4,354.
The president on Thursday issued a procla.
m.tion allowing the fr,c entry Of arms, muni-
tons and baggage OF such foreign military
o~rganiz. ions us may desire to participate in
the national military %encarnpnent aud drill
TO &c held in Chicago in October next, upon
satisfactory assurances b.iug given that none
of the articles shall be held or permitted to
remain IN this country.
Referring tothe fisheries question, a Wash.
dispatch says the negotiations with Great
Britain have, however, now reached such o
phase that Secretary Bsycrl is encouraged in
the belief that the final adjustment of the
questions which have vexed the two nations
since the expiration of the treaty of Wash
lrgthn, will soon be reached.
The findings Of the general court-martial
which tried Capt. Cyrus n. Gray, of the
Twenty.hf:h Infantry, has been acted upon By
the president. Capt. Gray was found guilty
of conduct to the prejudice of good order and
discipline by appearing at inspection at Fort
Meade, Dakota, and for duty as officer of the
i day, while drunk. The sentence of the court
was dismissal from the military service ana
the president has approved the sentence, dis.
missal to take place September I.
The middle section of Sandy creek bridge,
ten miles east Of Denver, was washed out
wednesday night by a food. The east bound
Union Pacific cxoress was wrecked at the
bridge. Engineer Mastcrton was killed and
two or th,ee other train mcn seriously in.
jured. The fireman, who Jumped before the
engine dropped into the creek, says thar
neither himself OR the engineer noticed that
the bridge was gone until they were almost
upon II.
By the retirement Of Rear Admiral John
Lee Davis, which was announced Tuesday, the
following promotions will be c.used: Com
mander Bsatre to be rear admiral, Capt. Geo.
Brown to be commodore, Comn,ander William
Whitehead to be captain, Lieutenant Com
rnand:r G. A. saetky to he commander, Lieu
tenant D. 7. Fiiley to be l~leutsnant.com-
mandsr, Lieutenant j. ,. Nicholson, 0unior
gradc), to be lieutenant. Ensign G. ". Dan.
field to be lieutenant Ganior grade).
The pension Office has information that
Henry 8. Anderson, Of Sexton. Washington
county, Arkansas, has been convicted in the
United States court for the Third district Of
Arkansas Of six separate cffenses against the
pension Laws, namely: Taking Illegal fees,
one count; presenting fraudulent papers, two
counts, aud forging evidence, three counts.
The special examiner having It In charge re-
ports that material was at hand for conv,c.
lions at most cd ;aanstnn. Int as tue elk con
~y!ctions adcri scope :or ;le irf.ict!on Of pun
ishment to more tan all tho measure Of life
remaining to tbe offender. these were deemed
sufficient.